I didn't get any reviews for last chapter which confirms my fear that it was as bad as I thought. Sorry about that. Next time I'll rethink which fairy tail I choose but I really couldn't find a good fairy tail to go with a and it was a suggestion to do a so I couldn't say no...
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She looked around in wonder and awe. This came from the humans. It was huge and made out of some weird brown material. There were plenty of shiny things filling it. The one thing that really caught her eye was one that shone brighter than any pearl she had seen before and, being the daughter of the extremely wealthy sea king, she had seen a lot of pearls. It looked like a long rectangle with a triangle stuck on the end. On the end away from the was another rectangle perpendicular to the first one. Then she looked further to the right to see a cylinder with a sphere on the end. The cylinder was the perfect size to be held by a man if he used both hands. Erza swam closer to get a better look at it. She reached up and cut her finger on the edge of the rectangle part of the strange object. She gasped in surprise and lunged backwards. Her fish friend, happy, looked at her worriedly when he saw blood coming out of her finger. (A/N: I can't help but think "cannibalism?" at the fact that happy is a fish...) "Erza, are you ok?" She turned to him and smiled, "Yes, I was just a bit careless." Happy smiled, "good." Erza swam up to the object once more and took hold of it by the cylinder. She tried to lift it and found it was difficult. She then tried with both hands and saw that, though she struggled, she could carry it that way. She smiled happily and left the strange place that fell from the world of people. She started to swim upwards as Happy became increasingly nervous as he knew just where Erza was headed. "E-Erza, we cant go to the surface! Your father would be furious!" Erza just laughed, "He doesn't have to know." Erza broke the surface and swam towards the island nearby, her powerful white tail sparkling in the sun. Erza arrived at the island and pulled herself ashore slightly and dragged the object she had found onto the sand. "Natsu! Are you here? Natsu!" A little pink cockatoo swooped down and landed in front of Erza, "Erza! Good to see you at the surface." Now cockatoo's are never found to be around water, they would always be at the mainland being kept as pets or flying around wild, but this cockatoo was strange as it not only stayed near the water or over it, but it also loved on an island and far from the mainland. Erza, being a mermaid and knowledgeable about the surface, didn't find the bird's presence to be odd in the slightest. "Natsu, could you tell me what this object is?" Natsu looked down at it. He remembered seeing many humans on various floating things and talking about objects such as this. It had a name similar to a big fish, shark? no... tuna? not right... sword fish? absolutely wrong... whale shark? Yes! Now, the objects name... "That is a one of a kind wharshack you have Erza. Where did you find it?" She looked at him excitedly, "It was in a big brown thing. It looked like one of those floating human things that fell down." Natsu bobbed his head, being a bird he could do that easily, "That is very interesting. It's used for fashion, humans wear it at their waist to look important or fancy." Erza jumped in realization, "Fashion, I'm gonna be late for the fashion show! Daddy's gonna kill me! It's really important to Charla and her career! Thanks Natsu!" Erza hurriedly slid off the sand and into the water before speeding down into the depths of the ocean in a panic.
Gray swam back and forth in worry, his daughter never showed up for the show and things were a disaster with no one to wear the main attraction for the show. He sat on his throne and put his head in his hands. "Where could she be?" Charla, a blue and white crab, paced back and forth at the foot of the throne. That's when a tentative red-head slowly swam into the throne room in shame. "H-Hi dad, Charla..." Gray, knowing that his daughter was safe now, turned to her in anger. "Where were you? You let everyone down!" Erza shrunk back from her father's rage, "I-I was j-just um..." Gray turned his glare to Happy, "She went to the surface again didn't she?" "A-aye..." Gray was up off his throne in an instant, "What if a human saw you? You could have been seen, captured, or worse, you could have been killed! The surface world and the humans who rule it are dangerous, I forbid you to even think of going there once again. I will not let your curiosity get you or other mermaids in harm because you got discovered!" Erza felt her eyes tingle as water came out to join the ocean she was in. She immediately turned around and rushed out of the palace and into a forest of seaweed at the edge of the royal grounds. Grey sunk down into his throne, exhausted. "Was I too hard on her?" "Absolutely not! She needs to learn that you are just protecting her and if she can't then she suffer more than a if she got just a little scolding." "I hope you're right, I really hope you are."
Deep in the seaweed forest, Erza came upon a cave with a big boulder in front of the entrance. She was able to push it aside with difficulty until there was just enough room to squeeze inside. At the last minute, a blue and white crab followed them inside. Erza threw herself down on the cave floor in anger. Her tears had already stopped but she was still upset. "How can he say something like that about someone he doesn't even know. I mean, look at all the wondrous things humans make, how can they be dangerous?" Erza's eyes drift along her collection until it landed on the warshack. (A/N: I couldn't resist making her look at the sword as she said that, *snickers* now, back to the story~) Erza shook her head until she heard something clank around behind her. She turned to see what it was as Happy hid behind her in fear. Erza giggles when she realized who had caused the commotion, "Scared-y fish, it's just Charla." Happy slowly came out from behind Erza to see she was right. "What is all of this junk?" Erza was angered at that, "Charla, this isn't junk. This is treasure!" Charla just humphed indignantly, "Whatever you call it your father would NOT approve of you collecting human junk. Why, when he hears about this he will..." "Oh, you won't tell him will you? Please don't!" Then all three were distracted by large booms. Erza was instantly curious as she swam out of the cave and towards the surface. Charla and happy followed close behind. Erza was already peeking at the humans on the ship. There was one boy that caught her attention. He had blue hair and a strange marking on his face. People kept calling him 'Prince Jellal.' It was love at first sight. He was playing a flute and dancing as a big black dog chased him around the ship. Charla attempted to scold the young mermaid but she refused to listen. Erza's attention was now on a statue in the middle of the ship. It looked like the prince and Erza was in awe at how something so magnificent could be made. "Aw, c'mon Makarov. It looks nothing like me!" "Now prince," replied the man Erza assumed to be Makarov, "the sculptors did an amazing job at making it. It's your birthday present! Although I was hoping it would also be a wedding present." "I know, everyone is anxiously awaiting my marriage. I must say though, that last princess Cana had no manners, I think we went through a years worth of wine with her around for only a week." Makarov laughed at that. The three sea creatures continued to watch the humans until the waves got higher and the wind picked up. It was very little time until the ship was on fire and sinking. Everyone but Jellal had made it into the life boat. Erza saw him sinking and unconscious and immediately dove to save him. She grabbed hold of the blue haired boy and took him all the way to shore where she laid him down on the sand and stayed by his side until morning. He awoke to a beautiful voice singing.
I sure am a weakling for crying
It's because I think of you
At nights when the moon rises
We're always
Searching for rabbits
I couldn't say a thing
As if I was enchanted
I'll never wake up from this dream
Love is a monologue
I couldn't say a thing
I'm really loving it
What kind of incantation should I recite
For my love to be transmitted
It's perfect, I've nothing to say
For some reason I can't hold it
I love it too much
One day, I'll make you say
"I give up"
It's revenge
"I can't say a thing"
(Fairy Tail's 1st theme song English lyrics)
Jellal slowly opened his eyes to see a beautiful girl with bright red hair bathed in sunlight making her look as if she was radiating the light herself. Then he heard a voice and barking. In an instant the girl was gone with a splash that sprayed his toes. Makarov came up to him and helped hoist him up as they made slow progress to the castle, Panther lily barked and jumped around his owner excitedly.
Erza watched them go from behind a rock. She smiled slowly before going back to the mermaid kingdom, humming quietly. The next day she was twirling around and humming as she swam. She would randomly smell the under water flowers and she even stuck a blue one in her hair. She then found her father and wished him good morning as she placed the flower, that was currently in her hair, in his hair. Gray was startled at how his daughter was acting. One of her sisters, Wendy, swam up to her father, "She's in love." Wendy sighed happily at the sight of her joyful sister. Gray was shocked at this revelation but just as happy as Wendy. When Gray returned to the throne room, he called for Charla in hopes of finding out who the lucky merman might be. He was laughing to himself as Charla came in. "Oh, um Charla, you're here. I have a question for you. Does Erza seem to be acting a bit different today?" Charla, not being one to lie or stall told Gray exactly what happened. "WHAT! In love with a HUMAN? THAT IS THE LAST OFFENSE!"
Erza was staring at the surprise that Happy showed her in the cave. Erza was so ecstatic that she didn't notice her father come in. "You disappoint me, Erza." He took his trident and destroyed everything in the cave, saving the statue for last. "Learn your lesson this time." He looked back at his sobbing daughter as he left the cave, a slightly regretful look on his face. Happy tried to comfort the red head but she refused to listen until she heard two voices. "Poor thing, I feel her sadness and despair." "Cursed with a tail instead of legs." Then both voices spoke at once: "We know someone powerful, she can fix this curse of yours. She has magic that can wash away your worries. Ultear." "U-Ultear? The sea witch? No... no... NO! GET OUT OF HERE! LEAVE ME ALONE!" The two eels retreated, "Guess you're doomed to be without your prince for eternity. Enjoy that broken heart." "W-wait!" "Yes?" "Take me to Ultear." "As you wish, Erza." That's when Charla spoke up, "No, Erza! You can't go to see the sea witch." "Go tell my father, you're good at that." Erza left with an irritated swish of her tail and followed the eels. Charla and Happy reluctantly followed behind.
"Hello my dear." The group had arrived at a creepy cave with lights illuminating the front but the back was fulled with shadow. The voice had come from the shadows and it sent chills down Erza's and Happy's spine. (If crabs had spines, Charla would have had the same reaction but no, she just has an exo-skeleton). A black haired woman with octopus tentacles for a tail. She was strikingly beautiful in a fierce and intimidating way. "Oh, don't be frightened my dear. Now right to business if you don't mind, I'm quite busy." "I want legs." "Oh? My dear that will be easy but it will cost you." Erza was instantly saddened at this, "Oh, I'm sorry for wasting your time then." "Dear, not to worry! I only want your voice and you have to get a kiss of true love from prince-y-poo in 3 days and you will have legs forever. If not, you belong to me of course. Nothing in this world is free." Erza was caught by surprise by what Ultear said. With a little convincing the transaction was made and Erza was at the beach she had been at with Jellal only a day before. She was so excited to have legs and was just staring at them in wonder when a pink cockatoo came swooping down and landing on one of Erza's legs. "Well look-y here. There is something new about you but I can't quite figure out what." "She's got legs you idiot bird! She traded her voice for her legs." "Aye" Natsu jumped slightly, "Legs huh?" Erza nodded her head vigorously." "She has to get a kiss of true love from the prince in 3 days or the sea witch owns her." Natsu chirped excitedly, "We've got work to do." He took a piece of sail and rope, which had washed up from the recent ship-wreck, and wrapped it around Erza. Almost immediately after, Erza heard barking along with a familiar voice. A black dog came running towards her and she climbed onto a rock to avoid him. Jellal came soon after and saw the girl. He ran up to her excitedly and grabbed her hands, "Have we meet before?" She nodded her head, "I knew it! You're the one I've been looking for! What's your name?" She attempted to speak but nothing came out. "Oh, you couldn't be her." Erza frantically started gesturing until she fell off the rock and into Jellal. He grabbed her tightly and lead her towards the castle. "Poor girl, you sure must have been through a lot.
Jellal and Erza spent lots of time together. He had taken her to the city and showed her around as she looked at everything in awe and wonder. He almost kissed her twice while canoeing but the first time he got nervous and the second time the canoe tipped. It was now the third day and Erza was excitedly coming down the stairs when she found Jellal with a girl wrapping her hands around his arm and leaning on him. They were discussing wedding plans with Makarov. Erza was so heart broken that she didn't recognize the girl clinging to Jellal. Erza ran off and cried. At sunset, when the wedding ship was set to depart, Erza stood on the dock and starred at the ship. "Erza! Erza! The watch.. No, the witch was watching the mirror with a stolen set of pipes!" Realization dawned on Erza as she frantically jumped into the water and tried to swim to the ship. Happy swam up next to her and let her grab onto him as he helped her get to the ship. "Natsu, stall that wedding!" and then Charla was in the water with Happy and Erza.
Natsu bobbed his head then flew off and called to all the sea creatures he passed to follow. He arrived at the ship with birds, seals, fish, and many other creatures in tow. They started up a panic that Panther Lily gladly joined in. The ship was in chaos when Erza climbed up. The shell at the witches neck shattered on the deck, and Erza began to sing. Jellal awoke from the spell and ran to Erza, "I knew it was you!" Ultear transformed into the sea witch and everyone scrambled back from her in a panic. "I won't let you win!" Ultear let out a triumphant laugh as the sun sank into the horizon. Erza fell to the deck as her white tail was revealed, "Jellal, I'm sorry." Ultear grabbed the mermaid princess and called behind her before she pushed herself into the water along with Erza, "Good-bye prince-y-poo." Jellal jumped into the water after her. "Prince! What are you doing?" "I can't lose her again, Makarov." He dove down and followed his love.
Ultear and Erza reached the sea floor and was confronted with Gray. "Stop, Ultear." "Oh if it isn't my darling little brother, King of the ocean, and mother's favorite. Ur is quite satisfied being the sea for your miserable self to exist." "It was mother's decision to save my life and suffered the consequences of being turned into the sea." Ultear just turned away like a spoiled brat. "It doesn't matter anyways, I own your daughter. The only way you're getting her back is if you trade places with her." Gray sighed heavily in defeat, "Very well." "Ha! I'm the queen now!" She took the crown and trident from pathetic shriveled up creature that had once been the proud king of the ocean. Placing the crown upon her head and wielding the trident, she set the sea astir and chaotic. She grew in size until she was only waist deep in the ocean. Erza swam up towards the surface and encountered Jellal on her way up. She grabbed his hand and breached the surface. Broken and sunken pathetic excuses for ships began to rise from the bottom of the ocean. Jellal let go of Erza's hand and climbed onto one of the ships. It's figure head had broken and splintered making a deadly point. Jellal maneuvered the ship to pierce the witch. All her evil deeds were reversed and all the mermaids and mermen she had captured were set free. The crown and trident fell down to their rightful owner who was now back to normal. Erza grabbed the unconscious prince and dragged him to shore. She starred at him from afar, atop a rock jutting out of the shallow water. Gray sighed, "She really does love him doesn't she?" "It appears so." Gray shook his head, "I really am going to miss her." He laid his trident onto the surface of water and a light spread out from it strait at Erza. It climbed over her and she looked down to find legs and a beautiful white dress. She shifted her gaze to her father and smiled at him gratefully before running over to Jellal. He stood up and saw the red head running over to him. He smiled and pulled her against him in a tight embrace. They got married a week afterwards and lived happily ever after.
WOW! That was a long chapter. It's about 3,500 words! I do apologize if some parts seemed rushed but I think I wrote enough as it is. Even my essay for composition class didn't require this many words. I hope everyone enjoyed and that this chapter made up for the crappy last one. Have an awesome day!